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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: canada
Posts: 553
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If the physical activity does not make your symptoms worse, it may be a good thing. Exercise is good for the brain.
Having said that, I personally would never play hockey again, even in a rec league. If you get another concussion (brain injury), your life could get pretty dark for a long long time. I had to grieve the loss of some favourite sports that i will never do again. It hurts to give up hockey and skating.l...especially at this time of year as I see my backyard skating rink taking shape outside my bedroom window. I can no longer risk joining my kids for a nighttime skate under the beautiful lights i have put up around the yard....or skate down the frozen river on the world's longest outdoor skating trail...which starts a few meters from my house.
You can tell I am still grieving. But considering returning to the hell I was in? Can't do it.
Please be careful!
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What happened: Legs pulled forward by a parent's hockey stick while resting at the side of the rink at a family skate....sent me straight back. I hit the back of my head (with helmet) on the ice, bounced a few times, unconscious for a few minutes. September 11, 2011. Off work since then…I work part-time at home when I can. It has been hell but slowly feeling better (when I am alone☺).
Current symptoms: Vision problems (but 20/20 in each eye alone!) – convergence insufficiency – horizontal and vertical (heterophoria), problems with tracking and saccades, peripheral vision problems, eyes see different colour tints; tinnitus 24/7 both ears; hyperacusis (noise filter gone!), labyrinthian (inner ear) concussion, vestibular dysfunction (dizzy, bedspins, need to look down when walking); partial loss of sense of smell; electric shocks through head when doing too much; headaches; emotional lability; memory blanks; difficulty concentrating. I still can’t go into busy, noisy places. Fatigue. Executive functioning was affected – multi-tasking, planning, motivation. Slight aphasia. Shooting pain up neck and limited mobility at neck. Otherwise lucky!
Current treatments: Vestibular therapy, Vision therapy, amantadine (100 mg a day), acupuncture and physiotherapy for neck, slow return to exercise, magnesium, resveratrol, omega 3 fish oils, vitamins D, B and multi. Optimism and perserverance.
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